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The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot

by Bubbly Bibbly | Sep 1, 2020 | Biography, Book Review, Nonfiction

Summary: Who, you might ask, is Henrietta Lacks (1920-1951) and why is she the subject of a book? On the surface, this short-lived African American Virginian seems an unlikely candidate for immortality. The most remarkable thing about her, some might argue, is that...

Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders

by Bubbly Bibbly | Sep 1, 2020 | Biographical Fiction, Book Review, Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction

Summary: In his long-awaited first novel, American master George Saunders delivers his most original, transcendent, and moving work yet. Unfolding in a graveyard over the course of a single night, narrated by a dazzling chorus of voices, Lincoln in the Bardo is a...

October Baby by Eric Wilson

by Bubbly Bibbly | Sep 1, 2020 | Book Review, Christian Fiction

Summary: “You saw me before I was born.” Psalm 139:16 (NLT) As the curtain rises, Hannah hesitantly steps onto the stage for her theatrical debut in college. Yet before she can utter her first lines, Hannah—unscripted—collapses in front of the stunned...

The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek by Kim Michele Richardson

by Bubbly Bibbly | Aug 28, 2020 | Book Review, Historical Fiction, Romance

Summary: The lonely young Appalachian woman joins the historical Pack Horse Library Project of Kentucky and becomes a librarian, riding across slippery creek beds and up treacherous mountains on her faithful mule to deliver books and other reading material to the...

Winter in Paradise by Elin Hilderbrand

by Bubbly Bibbly | Aug 28, 2020 | Book Review, Crime/Mystery/Thriller, Romance

Summary: Welcome to Paradise, the first book in the Paradise series, has everything that readers have come to know and love about an Elin Hilderbrand novel, plus a healthy dose of intrigue. Irene Steele’s idyllic life-house, husband, family-is shattered when she is...